So let see how far we went with this challenge…. So, we decided to give it try….(and it was not that easy I can tell you…) Recently, one of my colleague challenged me to perform the same configuration with TigerVNC server. Till now, we have always been working with X11VNC to achieve this requirement (boot vncserver at startup). If the user is connected to the local session and then the user tries to perform a remote session, the xrdp solution will keep disconnecting…If the user logoff from the console, then the remote desktop session will be established accordingly.īecause of this limitation, the possibility to make a vncserver starts at boot provide a fallback solution in order to connect remotely to the Ubuntu machine. A user cannot be connected to local session and remote session simultaneously. If you follow thes instructions, it’s possible to perform a remote desktop connection to Ubuntu and automatically load Unity Desktop. This solution works but there some limitations. If you are looking for a working solution to connect to Unity Desktop through xrdp in Ubuntu 17.0, please review this post ( XRDP – How to install XRDP on Ubuntu 17.04 – Easy Way). So far, this is the most workable solution and provides the necessary features needed for remote desktop connection solution If you are looking for a working solution to connect to Unity Desktop through xrdp in Ubuntu 16.04.2, please review this post ( XRDP – Custom Install on Ubuntu 16.04.2 to Access Unity Desktop). However, with the release of xrdp 0.9.x package in the Ubuntu Repository for 16.04 and later, there seems to be some difficulties to make it works properly. We usually prefer to use the xRDP solution to perform remote desktop connection to linux machines from Windows Desktop. In our previous post, we have demonstrated how to configure the x11vnc server component to boot at startup.

Remote desktop for ubuntu 17.04